Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-25
ADDITIONAL OLD HORSE LlTERA-
TIRE


Page POP, James Holmes advertises that
Post Boy by Henry, dam Garland by Du-
roc. stands at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Page 2l0: Dutchman trots three miles
in Al, the fastest on record to date;
first mile, , IA second, , :33; third, , "a.
The Ice Poney is challenged to trot
mile better than , 80. but received Il for
felt of $3.50. The Spirit says: Gimme
hackers of Time, the owner of the Ice
Poney had it announced from the stand
that he would match him against time to
trot mile in 2 80, and mile in 2 :2S, for
$500 to $1,000 each match, as might be
preferred. Neither proposition was ac-
cepted. That the Ice POney can
trot mile in five seconds less time than
is on the record we have not the slightest
doubt"
Page $780, The following pedigree of
the celebrated trotting mare Lady Suf-
folk, owned by ID. Bryan, Jr., of Comack,
L. l., has been furnished for publication:
Lady Suffolk was got by Engineer, out
of Quixote mare (QuiXote by Messen-
ger, out of Messenger mare), grandam
by Rainbow, out of a common mare. The
dam of Lady Suffolk was owned and bred
by Gen. John Floyd, Smithtown, l.. l.,
and sold by his son to Chas. Little, Esq,
of Smithtown, from whom she passed
into the hands of Richard Blagdenburgh,
Esq. who bred Lady Suffolk.
Page 2l7: Defiance and Tuckahoe,
both sons of the unconquered Florizel, in
October, 1913, raced and the former won :;
race, fOur-mle heats.
On page 430 of volume for 1888 it is an
nounced that Post Boy by Henry will
make his second season near Murfrees-
boro. Tenn.
In the Spirit for March u, 1870 is no.
tice that the stations Abdallah and Com
modore have been taken to Kentucky.
On page 81 of the same volume is let
ter from Buffalo on the breeding of
horses for purposes of utility, in which
the writer SAYS: "1'he Yankees have not
been altogether idle in the matter. &.
| cannot speak certainly of any distinct
characteristic race as existing there now,
although there is no portion of the Union
where better roadsters and the everyday
farm horse are found in greater proper
tions. a race existed a few years ago in
Vermont, called the Morgan horse, valu-
able. enduring, active and every way fit
ted for hard farm or road service, and of
good action and reasonable size and APP
pearance. But it is now unfortunately
almost extinct. 1t was made by a cross of
the stout thoroughbred on the hardy
Canadian trOtting mare. These horses
have been repeatedly tried at the South
and it was found that they would go
much faster, give a harder pull and en-
duTe twice as long on the road and in SER
vice as the larger horses, without known
blood, bred there. A memorable instance
of this kind took place on the road be-
tween Baltimore and Washington. About
ten years since new line of stages
starting with Vermont horses in Opposi-
ton to the old line, with the long-backed
leggy, cow-headed Pennsylvania, re-
duced the time between the two places
One-half."
Page 81, April %, an article on Bell
founder says: II am free to say that in
compactness and symmetry of form, in
strength and activity, in color, animation
and style of movement, and IN substance
and endurance, he not only stands with
out parallel amongst us, but far eXcels
all others which are scattered over the
face of this wide-extended country
Page ia: One hundred and three
miles made in twelve successive hours by
Mr.. Dimon's Flo of Boston. The Boston
trotter Young Buckskin appears.
w. b. c., writing from Philadelphia,
says; Much attention is now paid in
this neighborhood to the raising, by
proper crossing, of good roadsters. There
are 20 or 30 very well-bred mares (the
majority of them entirely thoroughbred)
tnat nave Deen put 10 well-bred Canadian
stations that are equal to 2 :35. l hope
you will agree with me in approving this
cross, and believe that when the get is
sufficiently matured to be tested that the
reports of the different trotting associa-
tions will possess more interest than ever.
have three of the mares myself uniting
the crosses of Eclipse, Sir Archy and
Messenger"
On page 345 is letter from the Cam
bridge (Mass.) Post on trotters, etc.
On page 10 of vol. II QS4D is notice
that imported Whale by Whalebone, out
of Rectory, l6 hands, bay, is to stand at
Perryville, Clark Co., Va, at $50 and
s75.
Page % Post Boy still in Tennessee (;
Bellfounder on Long Island Tornado by
Eclipse kept on Long Island by John r.